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Jan 1, 1214
Roger Bacon
More InfoHe was a philosopher. He was an advocate of the modern scientfic method.He wrote in the Opus tertium. -
Feb 19, 1473
Nicoluas Copernicus
More InfoMathematician and astronomer. He proposed that the sun was stationary in the center of the universe and that the earth revolved around it.To reach his goal, through a helicentric model. -
Dec 31, 1514
Andreas Vesalius
More InfoGreek physician Galen
Started his career as the defender of "Galenism" at the University of Paris. He began to notice that here and there, Galen had made mistakes. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
More InfoGalileo discovered that when two objects are dropped from the same height at the same time, they will hit the ground at the same time. This is known as Newton's Code of Law. He also discovered four of Jupiter's moons. Galileo was good at physics, math, astronomy, and he was a philosopher. -
Sep 25, 1571
Johannes Kepler
More InfoMost important to the field of astronomy.
He was the founder of "celestial mechanics"
He was responsible for finding the three laws of planetary motion:
first Law: The orbit of a planet about the Sun is an ellipse with the Sun's center of mass at one focus.
second Law: A line joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal intervals of time.
third Law: The squares of the periods of the planets are proportional to the cubes of their semi-major axes. -
Apr 1, 1578
William Harvey
More InfoHe studied medicine at the University of Padua in Italy. In 1602, he established himself as a physician. He research led him to dissect animals to see if humans and animals are similar. -
René Descartes
More InfoRené was a French philosopher and mathematician. He wrote Discourse on Method; 1st principle "I think therefore Iam". He believed in mind and matter were completly seperate. He is known as the father of modern rationalism. -
Robert Boyle
Rober Boyle created a law called the Boyle Law and this is what it states. This law states that if the pressure on a gas is increased, then the volume will decrease, and if the volume is increased, then the pressure will decrease. This was a fundamental law for physics and chemistry alike. -
Isaac Newton
More InfoHe was known for his 1,2, & 3rd Laws of Motion, 1st law: States that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object moving in a straight line at a constant speed tends to continue moving that way. 2nd Law: Force = Mass x Acceleration. 3td law: States that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. -
Francis Bacon
More InfoFrancis was and English Politician and writer. He was an advocated that new knowledge was acquired through an inductive reasoning process, called empiricism. He rejected
the Medieval view of knowledge based on tradition, believed it's necessary to collect data, observe, and draw conclusions. This was the foundation of the scientific method.
